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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 12, 1917
Page
6
Six Australians and one New Zealander are named among thirty Victoria Cross recipients in the gazette. Private Donald Forrester Brown of the Infantry Battalion earns the honor after multiple gun crew killings and two gun captures under heavy fire. He is killed while sniping retreating forces.
Wellington reports new executive measures prohibit transferring the register of New Zealand ships to foreign ports or selling mortgaging or transferring shares. The Minister of Marine gains full control of overseas departures with gazetted rules to follow. It remains unlawful to withdraw ships currently trading in New Zealand.
Hawke's Bay report notes 93 points of rain in 24 hours to 9 am with continuing heavy rainfall. Breaks in the Tutackuri River banks at Meanee from the prior flood remain unrepaired, risking a serious flood if weather does not clear.
A heavy southerly gale across Greymouth blows down a brick front at 6 o clock damaging the facade and blocking the street. No one is hurt while minor fences suffer. High seas on the bar threaten entry by the Karamu and Rosamond.
John James Lawless was found guilty of making a seditious utterance in Boulcott Street on a Saturday night. He received three months imprisonment for sedition, a fine of 20s for resisting police, and was discharged on the assault charge.
A Feilding public meeting in June backed 6 o'clock closing of hotel bars. The gathering, called by the Mayor and representing all classes and interests, carried the proposal unanimously after last night’s discussion.
Victoria reports Captain Albert Ball a decorated aviator who between April 25 and May 6 engaged in 26 combats destroying 11 enemy machines and downing five more while forcing others to land. Flying solo he battled six, five, and four opponents in separate fights and, leading two others, attacked eight. His plane was damaged repeatedly including loss of control wires once. he destroyed 43 aeroplanes and one balloon amid exceptional courage and skill.
A meeting of the Anti-Conscription League endorsed the Labour Conference peace proposals and protested against New Zealand politicians interfering with Australian domestic affairs.
At Sydney on June 10 the Labour Conference debated its stance on war and peace and Home Rule. It voted to approve the committee’s peace preamble with minor changes.
Sophie Ranum Cameron kept money in her stocking leading to marital discord with Hugh Court Cameron after a downtown Market Street incident in March 1913. She seeks a divorce on grounds of extreme cruelty, with alimony as a key issue in the proceedings.
A Panmure stone-cutter Edward Jones Drumm 48 faces charges of publishing a statement likely to interfere with recruiting and asserting disloyalty. He allegedly said that without a two power navy England would have war and that Germany was freer, amid a war discussion with a farmer. He claimed honest convictions against conscription and loyal truth above country. Decision reserved. Second information adjourned to tomorrow.
The local Railway Officers' Institute branch resolved that its executive committee should take all steps possible to secure a 15 percent wage rise for members in response to the ongoing high cost of living.
Segregation camps at Tauhere nikau report full satisfaction by military authorities. Thirtieth Reinforcements recruits are stationed there, camps remain well kept despite bad weather, and troop health is excellent. Epidemics from the previous year are nearly absent due to enhanced medical precautions.
A North Otago paper notes unusually lush flax and tol-toi blooms along the Waitaki and beyond, with many flax bushes crowned in flowers and tall tol-toi plumes. The forecast suggests a heavy winter, aligning with observed plant vigor this year.
Advertorial style note promotes Fluenzel for quick relief from dry throat and nasal congestion. Mentions sniffing and gargling as remedies with tentative brand claims.
Baxter's Lung Preserver is promoted as a trusted remedy proven over half a century. The ad urges readers to keep a bottle at home during winter and claims a dose can ward off a bad cold while building lung strength with two courses. Availability is through any store or chemist, with bottles up to 10d.
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